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Letters Patent No. 108,093,- dated October 11, 1870.]

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The Schedule Yeferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may Coll/06TH.

Be it known that I, Anna L. BAUSMAN, of Minneapolis, in the countyofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in PotatoDigger s; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawingmaking a part of .this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon,

Figure 1 of, the drawing is a representation of the method of arrangingthe prongs of my potato-digger.

Figure 2 is a side view of my invention:

Figure 3 is a perspcct-iveview'of the same.

My invention relates'to means for taking potatoes from the hills,'and'consists, mainly in the construc tion and novel arrangement of thecombined fork and riddle described below.

The letter A of the drawing designates the handle of my potato-digger.An iron ring, a, is secured around it, near the fork, and to this ringis pivoted the prop or pendent fulcrum 0, provided with a transversebar, a, at its lower end, to secure a steady support when the fork isloaded. 7

p D represents a bar of malleable iron, bent into the form of a hook,aud securedinto the end of the han-. die by means of a thimble.

Rods of steel, pointed at both ends, are welded-in the center betweenthe shank and hookof the bar D.

The ends of the rods arebent forward to form the prougs e of the forle pIt is evident, from the method of manufircture, that my fork must alwayshave an even'number of prongs, Welded in a similar manner to the end ofthe bent bar D is the guard or rail-bar 71,-- This guard is alsoattached to the ends of the two outer prongs of the fork, and serves toprevent the potatoes from falling ofl at-the sides during the shakingoperation, I

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- The arrangement and combination of the bent wires 6 e, each formingtwo tines of the potato-diggel, the guard-rail ll, clamp D, and pendentfulcrum '0, having the broad foot a, when constructed tooperatesubstantially as shown and described. I In testimony that I claimthe above I have here,

unto subscribed my name in the presence of two wi't-' nesses.

ABNER L. BAUSMAN.

Witnesses Faun BRACKETT, G. F. Towusnnn.

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HORSE HAY FORK;

No..108,094.- Patented 001;.11, 1870.-

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